The speakeasy served as both setting and subtext for Ferragamo FW26. Creative director Maximilian Davis is not quite finished with the 1920s; instead, he returned to the decade of the house’s founding and reframed it through an after-hours atmosphere.

Behind these doors, eveningwear was imbued with liberated glamour. Foiled velvet lamé slip dresses shimmer against floral jacquards, while ruffles unfurl into cocooning outerwear. Couture-inflected drapery and precise double-breasted tailoring underscore the house’s command of craft, and on foot, a new pointed stiletto with a deep vamp riffed on a 1954 Ferragamo flat. Elsewhere, a tale of sailors anchored the collection – a figure of journey, crossing oceans in search of reinvention. It’s a story that mirrors Salvatore Ferragamo’s own journey from Italy to America and back, and also resonates with Davis’ Caribbean British heritage. These codes emerged through elongated officer coats with displaced buttons, knitwear needle-punched with chiffon, and workwear parkas crafted with shearling-lined hoods.